"TPP allows America -- and not countries like China -- to write the rules of the road in the 21st century," Obama said after representatives of 12 nations signed the pact in New Zealand on Thursday.

"We have never suggested that global trade rules in the 21st century could be written by China or any other single country," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular news briefing.

China has always maintained the World Trade Organization should lead the formulation of global trade rules. China hopes major trade powers and economies will uphold the role of the WTO, Lu said.

Lu said it is understandable that some countries may need to explain the advantages and disadvantages of FTA arrangements to their domestic industries.

"Such explanation should be based on facts Mujer Adidas Ultra Boost Rosa Gris Espaņa , rather than politics," Lu said. "It shouldn't lead people to conclude that the U.S. promotes the TPP out of geopolitical considerations. Otherwise, it misleads the public and is not good for international relations."

SANTIAGO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chilean mass organization held a public dmonstration here on Thursday in protest of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the regional trade agreement was officially signed at a meeting in New Zealand earlier in the day.

The protest was organized by the Permanent Assembly for the Defense of Arica and Parinacota in northern Chile, made up of nongovernmental organizations Adidas ACE 16+ PureControl Ultra Boost Hombre Negras Espaņa , students, farmers and environmental activists. Full storyChina weighing up TPP, says commerce ministry

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday the country will actively participate in and push forward regional free trade arrangements that feature high-degree transparency, openness and inclusiveness.

VILNIUS, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Baltic state of Lithuania has played down the threat and fear arising from a large-scale joint Russia-Belarus military exercise called Zapad-2017, which started on Thursday.

Zapad 2017, a joint strategic exercise of the Russian and Belarusian armed forces, is scheduled for Sept. 14-20. It is one of Russia's biggest military drills in the past several years. It is held on the border with Lithuania Hombre Undefeated x adidas Ultra Boost Blancas Espaņa , Poland and Belarus.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said his country "has been frightened too much" about the military training by its borders.

"That causes me the biggest concern. It seems that we are frightening ourselves more than the adequate situation is," Karoblis told the country's national radio LRT on Thursday.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said the Baltic country is prepared for the Zapad 2017 military exercise near its borders "better than ever before".

"We are better prepared than we were during Zapad exercises in 2009 and 2013," Grybauskaite told LRT in an interview aired on Thursday.

"We have more deterrence and defense instruments in our territory. We are also supported by our partners from NATO," she added.

According to local media reports, Lithuania has found itself under security threat and asked for additional defense assistance from NATO amid tensions in Eastern Europe in recent years.

Lifetime is planning on creating a TV movie about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship called Harry & Meghan: The Royal Love Story.

According to Deadline, which broke the news, Lifetime's head of programming Liz Gateley mentioned the film at the Television Critics Association event on Sunday. The media outlet claimed the film will give a timeline of the couple's relationship鈥攑ortraying everything from the moment they met, to the early stages of their courtship to the global media attention surrounding their romance.

As for who will play Markle and Harry Hombre Adidas Ultra Boost ATR Mid Granate Espaņa , Deadline wrote that the film is still casting. It also reported that Menhaj Huda will direct the movie and that Merideth Finn and Michele Weiss will executive produce the film. However, the media outlet claimed the movie does not have a premiere date at this time.

This isn't the first time Lifetime has created a movie based on a royal romance. The network also released the TV movie William & Kate back in 2011 about Prince William and Kate Middleton. Camilla Luddington played the Duchess of Cambridge while Nico Evers-Swindell played the Duke of Cambridge. The film premiered the same month as their royal wedding in April of that year.

If Lifetime decides to follow suit and release the film before Markle and Harry say "I do," it will only have a few months to do so. The former Suits star and the prince are scheduled to tie the knot May 19, 2018 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.(Agencies)

SINGAPORE, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank) announced Wednesday that it had established a branch in Singapore.